Chris Wolf and I were presenting Virtualization 101 in Seattle yesterday when something he said sparked an idea in my usually dormant brain. Okay, it's not usually dormant, but Seattle is so cold I think half of my synapses aren't firing! In the process of discussing virtual machines (VMs), Chris...

ESX 3i is a great opportunity not only to reduce the local storage footprint requirement, but also provide additional RAM and CPU available to virtual machines. ESX 3i is a small footprint, featuring a hardware integrated hypervisor that provides the VMWare ESX server on a small local footprint...

At Gartner's Data Center Summit 2007 in London yesterday, analysts said virtualization will be the most significant factor in adding agility to data centers through 2012.
I think we already figured that, since virtualization can...

So, you are very proud of yourself because you can roll out Windows virtual systems like popcorn, right? Well, don't forget to ensure that you are using the correct version of VMware tools. This is important because it provides an optimized inventory of hardware for the guest operating system. On a...